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(88) Date of publication A3: 20.01.2011 (43) Date of publication: 22.02.2012 Bulletin 2012/08 (21) Application number: 10765052.5 (22) Date of filing: 13.04.2010

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61N 1/36(2006.01) A61N 1/08(2006.01) G06F 19/00(2011.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2010/030943 (87) International publication number: WO 2010/120823 (21.10.2010 Gazette 2010/42)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 13.04.2009 US 168859 P (71) Applicant: The Research Foundation of the City University of New York New York, NY 10036 (US)	(72) Inventors: BIKSON, Marom Brooklyn NY 11238 (US) DATTA, Abhishek New York NY 10031 (US) PARRA, Lucas, C. New York NY 11226 (US) DMOCHOWSKI, Jacek Weehawken NJ 07086 (US) SU, Yuzhuo Woodside NY 11377 (US) (74) Representative: Kortbek, Niels Anker  Zacco Denmark A/S Hans Bekkevolds Allé 7 2900 Hellerup 2900 Hellerup (DK)